Aural Medication

A weekly infusion of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...musical remedies both natural & synthetic, some locally sourced, some internationally imported. From Cleveland to the Congo, from Bushwick to Brazil. LIVE on Fridays 11 AM - 1PM only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

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Aural Medication #287: Honk If You're Lonely
From Sept. 8: Back on track after most of the sumer away...the last gasps of summer here...all sorts of mishegas - from Jimmy Buffett to John Cooper Clarke; Deodato & Dexy's Midnight Runners...Sopwith Camel & Sparks...let the waves crash, let the sparks fly. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #286: Connie on a Rubber Band
The August 18th show: the things on my mind: Pee-wee Herman, Hawaii fire, the war the US is funding...but it ain't all heavy, we lighten the mood at the end. AM will be live again every week starting in September, Fridays at 11:00 AM Eastern time only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #285: Ride With Me
From July 28th: Making a brief summer appearance here...never without a rant though...if you're here for the tunes skip the first 15...then it's the usual mix of the unexpected, the familiar & the forgotten - old, new & out of left field, like that guy <--- Tune live on Fridays at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #284: LIfe's a Beach
From July 7th: A little late but here it is. Some sunny songs for the season, and a few about - what? Baseball - the sport of summer...good vibes all around. AM will be back live very, very soon! Listen to AM live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #283: Back In Flesh
From June 23: " A pox upon the media & everything you read...They'll tell you your opinions & they're very good indeed," That's the long & short of it. Missing a couple of shows this month, so make the most of it...this one was fun. A little yakking up top...skip around if you have to. AM goes out live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #282: Unfunky UFO
From June 9th: They're heeeeere...! Yes indeed. You can never run out of songs about SPACE. Songs about all kinds of aliens, terrestrial and otherwise...borders, space visitors etc. But not JUST that - some anti-war songs...remember those? Foreigner, (get it?) the Flirts, the Figgs...lots more. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #281: It's Only a Movie
Air date: June 2nd: music of the ages for all ages and tastes...mostly on the vintage tip - but a sprinkling of new tunes as well, I Got Love for y'all, yes I do & I'll Be Staying Here with You. (That's Tina covering Bob that I didn't get to last week.) Be here now . AM live - streams every Friday at 11:00 AM Easterm on RadioFreBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #280: Absolutely Sweet Marie
From May 26: pre-Memorial Day, post-Dylan-birthday, 20 minutes of yakking up front, just skip right over if you need to...remembering Tina...more birthdays Miles & Morrissey, say hallelujah, summer's almost here. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #279: Out WIth the New, In Wit...
From May 19th: A set starting off with some Brazilian spaced-out-tropicalia/funk/weirdness, then --- some other stuff! Rock, new wave, jazz - the works. Some news notes - from the national to the hyper - local, skip if you're just here for the tunes. Tune in to AM LIVE every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #278: Anyone Out There?
From May 12th: A real mother for ya...the pre-Mother's day edition for all you mothers & others. Lots of good stuff, take care of your selves & take care of each other, lots of Motherly Love here. AM extrudes out of the womb that is RadioFreeBrooklyn.org every friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern. Tune in.
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Aural Medication #277: Hands on the Wheel
From May 5: At a time when the world seems to be spinnin' / Hopelessly out of control There's deceivers and believers and old in-betweeners / That seem to have no place to go. Happy 90th to Willie Nelson. Also - B-52's , Blasters, James Brown, Ray Barretto & other artists whose names don't start with 'B.' AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #276: Apple of My Eye
From April 29th: strangely, songs about eyes...not planned, totally random 'Apple of My Eye,' 'Mud in Your Eye,' 'Corner of My Eye' plus 'Someone's Looking at You' & 'Mirror Star' & 'TV' - random thread....otherwise, the usual hodgepodge. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM NY-time on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #275: Total Destruction to You...
From April 21st: some thoughts on intelligence, natural & artificial...if you want to get to the music skip over the first 20 minutes; music about brains, robots, some humor (what happened to the irreverent in pop music anyway?) all that & just plain ol' good tunes. AM streams live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #274: The Masochism Tango
From April 14th: remembering the great producers of yore - Mark Chapman, Leon Huff, an entire set of NEW RELEASES, what? It's Spring Again & I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco, so Let's Get On With It...enjoy. Tune in LIVE to AM every week on Fridays at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #273: D'un Feu Secret
From April 7th: Just a short-ish rant, then a holiday set, a set of new releasses - yeah! really! soul & jazz & jazz & soul & a few other things, stay with me...tune in live if you can. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #272: What is & What Should Ne...
Air date: March 31: Self made British micro-celebrity John Otway aka rock & roll's greatest failure kicks it off this week...some silliness thrown in with the rock & pop & country & indie...a kaleidoscope sounds from all over. Dig it. AM is live very Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #271: Peaches en Rgalia
Air date March 24th: remembering Ric Ocasek - "The Man Without a Tan"...Natacha Atlas' jazz album, De La Soul is finally streaming...Zappa, Frisell, Mobley & the Marshall Tucker Band...all in the mix. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #270: Look Who's Blue
From March 17th: Happy St. Paddys' to all...new music, classic vinyl - one set of recent acquisitions..a grab bag of goodies as always. Listen to AM live very Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #269: I May Not Be Your Kind
From March 10, 2023: some notes on Int'l Women's Day , Women's History Month blah blah blah, we know it's all hooey, like T.Rex said, "It's a Rip-Off!" We've got Chaka Khan & Kiki Dee, Garland Jeffreys & Peter Gabriel, White Reaper, the Who, Lizzy Mercier Descloux etc & so forth. Hit it! AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eatstern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #268: From the Lonely Afternoons
From March 3rd: Some reviews of the news and then -- we go from Johnny Cash & the Knitters to Roy Ayers & Cory Henry to Falco (yes, Falco) & Burning Spear + more...this one goes a few places...not too rowdy this week. AM streams live very Friday at 11:00AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #267: I'm Just Being Myself
From Feb 24 - A bit of silliness - Nonsense as a genre...Sue Records Soul sound-alikes, the usual/unusual mix of this & that, you can bet on it. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #266: Why Did You Put Me On?
From Feb 17: a little chit chat about all the disasters we've had recently - but fear not! This show wsn't one of them! A little set celebrating the lifting of mask mandate in NY healthcare facilities...& music old & new & hot & cool. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #265: It's a Pleasure
From Feb 10th: Skip the yakking...music starts at 00:17 minutes...some new pop (what's that?) post-punk, a tribute to the incomparable Burt Bacharach in the second set, then just some good songs, dammit, OK? AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #264: Give Me the Sunshine
From Feb. 3: Happy Imbolc! What's that you say? Listen & find out. Anticipating the arrival of Spring etc. chatting about the movies, a brief good-bye to Tom Verlaine, Sun Ra, Genesis, Donovan, Nick Cave, XTC, R. Stevie Moore. the ridiculous, the sublime & everything in between. Tune in to AM every Friday at 11:00 AM EST live from NYC on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #263: Invertigo
From January 27: Some stuff about the fie-zur sting...then a set to go with it. "Who's Foolin' Who?' in all this? "Something's Gone Wrong Again." Has "Science Gone Too Far"? It's just "Trouble Waiting to Happen," and it's all "For the Love of Money." Hopefully we're not "Running Out of Time" here on the "Third Stone From the Sun." Some blue & Brazilian in there too... AM is live on Fridays at 11:00 AM EST only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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